Where: Tasmania, Australia (42.9° S, 147.4° E: paleocoordinates 71.9° S, 178.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bundella Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• Description of matrix (limestones and siltstones) is most consistent with the Bundella Mudstone at Porter Hill.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified siltstone and lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Charles Darwin in 1836

• Collected by Darwin during his visit to Hobart in February 1836 on the voyage of the Beagle

Primary reference: C. Darwin. 1844. Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands Visited during the Voyage of HMS Beagle 1-175 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 120459: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.11.2011

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